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Here’s where science currently stands on the use of marijuana for pain, sleep, anxiety, muscle spasms and other ailments — the results may surprise you. How marijuana impacts pain, sleep ...
In dogs, the minimum lethal dose of THC is over 3000 mg/kg. [20] According to The Merck Index , [ 21 ] the LD 50 of THC (the dose which causes the death of 50% of individuals) is 1270 mg/kg for male rats and 730 mg/kg for female rats from oral consumption in sesame oil, and 42 mg/kg for rats from inhalation.
Most people 50 and older who use cannabis do so at least once a month, saying it helps them sleep and eases pain, a new survey found. More than 20% of older adults have used pot in the past year ...
A review in the Journal of the American Medical Association stated "Zimmer and Morgan provide an extraordinarily well-researched and passionately argued book on the biomedical and sociological issues raised in today's debate about marijuana. In their desire to 'set the record straight', however, they sometimes sacrifice even-handedness for impact."
The number of active chemicals in cannabis is one reason why treatment with cannabis is difficult to classify and study. [ 15 ] A 2014 review stated that the variations in ratio of CBD-to-THC in botanical and pharmaceutical preparations determines the therapeutic vs psychoactive effects (CBD attenuates THC's psychoactive effects [ 16 ] ) of ...
Heavy cannabis use could negatively impact certain types of memory, largest study of its kind to date has found. Image credit: Valeria Mongelli/Bloomberg/Getty Images.
A 2013 review which specifically examined the effects of cannabis on the lung concluded "[f]indings from a limited number of well-designed epidemiological studies do not suggest an increased risk for the development of either lung or upper airway cancer from light or moderate use, although evidence is mixed concerning possible carcinogenic ...
The use of CBD to treat seizure disorders gained increased attention with a number of media reports in 2012 and 2013, and by the end of 2015 sixteen states had "low-THC, high-CBD" laws in effect. [2] Currently 10 states are considered to have low-THC, high-CBD laws. [1] These laws vary in THC content allowed all the way up to 5% in Georgia and ...